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Simple Story - Alex cover art

Simple Story - Alex

KuKo · 2018-03-22

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It's a short interactive story, about Alex, an ordinary loser. He lives a dull life, full of alcohol and misery, but deep in his soul, he always wanted to be a hero. One day, then he leaves his house, Alex accidentally teleported in mystery temple. Temple, the exit from which you should find!

Simple Story - Alex is a 2018 Adventure game priced at $0.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 716 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

1
playing now
62%
positive of 716 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 29,201 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 716 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-11-07) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820182026Week of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
110Mar 2018Jan 2025Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 10Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2020 — avg 11 · peak 48Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 15May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 19Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 2Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 2Feb 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2025 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jan 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$0.002018-03-232026-08-062018-03-23 — best price $1.792018-07-24 — best price $1.992018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-01-03 — best price $2.992019-04-22 — best price $0.492019-07-10 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $0.492019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-02-11 — best price $0.992020-06-01 — best price $0.992020-08-31 — best price $0.492020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-05-17 — best price $0.992021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-10-03 — best price $0.492022-11-29 — best price $0.992023-02-13 — best price $0.282023-05-15 — best price $0.992023-10-10 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-06-19 — best price $0.992024-09-07 — best price $0.492024-12-18 — best price $0.992025-03-02 — best price $0.492025-04-29 — best price $0.992025-09-08 — best price $0.492025-11-05 — best price $0.992026-03-04 — best price $0.492026-05-01 — best price $0.992026-07-23 — best price $0.492026-08-06 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
41.6%
earned "Start Game"
26.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-02-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,59275%8

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CasualRPGMakerAdventurePixel Graphics

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.